Tips and Tricks for Mediating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Participants
By Reid Hou UNSW Student and ADC Intern Australia is a multicultural society, now more than ever. As of the 2021 Census, over 27.6% of the Australian population were born overseas, with 22.8% of Australians using a language other than English at home.[1] It is therefore increasingly necessary for mediators to develop capacity to account for such cultural differences. This article aims to provide some basic recommendations, drawn from scholarship, for doing so. It is important to note that [...]